Vacuum cleaning implement.



. B. GUILD.

VACUUM CLEANING IMPLEMENT. A PPLIGATION FILED JAN. 6,1911.

vPatened- Dec. 26, 191,1;

'sai i WALTER B. GUILD, F ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

VACUUM CLEANING IMPLMENT.

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, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1911.

vApplication led `January 6, 1911. Serial No. 601,133.

. To all vwhom 'it may concern:

,Be it known that I, WALTER B. GUILD, a

citizen of the United States, residing at -itoxbury, inthe county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new anduseful.improvements in Vacuum Cleaning implement-s, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n pneumatic or vacuumcleaningimplements, and has for its obJect to provide a cleaningdeviceof this class which may be applied lto the hand-of the user andwhich may be vneared by the movements of the fingers,

thumb4 and palm of the hand so as to accommoda'te itself to theirregularities of the surfacebeing operated upon, and the object isfintlier to -provide suitable means such as' a brush or'brushes soarranged as to stir up. or disturb the dust or other loose matter on thesurface being cleaned so that a thorough cleaning of the-surface may beeffected.

While' the implement which forms the subject matter of my invention maybe utilized for a' variety of purposes, including the cleaning offurniture' and the like, it is especially adaptedfor use in brushing'horses and when so used will effect a more thorough A cleaning than ispossible' with the means and methods now employedv for'the purpose. A

' To these ends, my invention consists." in' thenovel features of;construction and 1n the combination and arrangement of parts set forthin the following specification and particularly pointedout in theclaims.

I Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of the palm sideof 1a vacuum cleaning implement vembodying my invention. *Fig 2 is asectional view taken on line 2'-e2 of Fig. 1, looking inthe direction ofthe arrows on said line. F ig'. -3 is a sectional view taken on line3-,-3'of Fig. 1,1001nng in the direction of the arrow' on 'said line.

Fig. e is a cross sectional view of a finger 'of a modified' form 'ofthe invention.v Fig. v5 is. 'a cross 'sectional' view of asecondmodifica;- -tion of the invention. v

Like numerals'refer to like parts through i out the several views ofthedrawings.

In thedrawings, referring toFigs. 1, 2 and 3, 6 is a suitable sheath forthe hand of the user and which, in the present instance, consists ofaglove having a cavity 'if to reshown.

ceive the hand and having fingers 8, 9, 10 and 11 and a thumb 12 formedIinternally to receive the fingers of the users hand. The glove isprovided with one or more open channels suitably disposed 'upon' oneside thereof and in the form of invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 8,these channels are located between the fingers, there being a channel orrecess'13 between the fingers', 10 and 11 and a channel or'recess 14located between the fingers 11 and 12.v `These channels or recesses are.connected to amain airv duct 15 by branch air ducts 16' and 17,preferably located upon the back ofthe glove. The main duct 1'5 isformed in a boss 18 projecting from the back of the glove'and.-

preferably, this boss is provided with a suitable metallic bushing 19screw-threaded to receive a suitable 'hose fitting, not shown, wherebythe passage may be placed in connection with a suitable vacuum pump, notThe' bushing 19 may be held in place'by any suitable means such, for eX-ample, as circumferential vwires or bands 20 which force the rubber intogrooves 21 provided in the periphery of the bushing 19. It will beunder-stood., however, that this construction is merely typical and anysuitable .practical connection may be provided for this purpose. 4

Preferably, the ducts 16l and 17 are provided Awith suitable means toprevent their collapsing, such means, in the present in-y stance,consisting of closely wound helical springs 22 and 23 inserted in saidducts,4 rep spectively. The glove is preferably 'prof vided with somesuitable means for disturb- .ing the' dustror lother loose material tobey .preferably separated from the walls-of their respective channels bya suiicient air space.

t0 allow for a circulation of air therearfound.

This location of the brushes is v.very important for the reason that'nomatter in vwhat l Vdirection the implement may vbe traveling over thesurface to be cleaned when the .brush disturbs or stirs up some'of thedust xit is followed by an open channel in whichv a' vacuum' existssotlia't'tlie dust which is ijos ' allows the brush to flex so as toaccommo date itself to the irregularities of the surface being operatedon. Freferably, the brush is provided with a suitable backing 28 which'preferably consistsv of a strip of rubber folded over the -sides of thebristles, the backing and the' core being vulcanized in such a manner asto flow between and around the bristles and firmly bind them togetherand the backing is alsovulcanized to the bottom of the recess in whichthe brush is'located, as-Will be apparent from Fig. 2. It will beunderstood, however, that this construction is merely typical of thebrush and I do not limit myself to the specific details.

If desired, the channels andbrushes may be located upon the fingersthemselves of the glove in the manner illustrated in the modification inFig. 4, in Which 29 is the finger of a glove provided with a channel 30in which is located a brush 31, it being obvious that in this form of myinvention the fingers Will not be connected to each other by Webs, as inthe form illustrated inv Figs. l, 2 and 3.

Referring now 'to Fig. 5, wherein I have illustrated anothermodification of my invention, 32 is a mitten having simply one -largecavity to receive all of the lingers instead of having separate sheathsfor the fingers as in the case of a glove, and in 'case a mitten isemployed the same is provided with a recess 33 upon its palm side havingtherein one or more suitably disposed brushes 34.

ln all 'three forms of my invention, the glove or mitten is formed ofsome suitable material such, for example, as molded rubber and isconsequently flexible so that' it ivill yield or flex With the relativeinovements of the fingers and thumb'and the glove will accordinglyaccommodate itself to inequalities and irregularities of the surface tobe operated upon so as to maintain the open suction channels insuch-position that their edges will be close to or touch the objectbeing cleaned,v it being understood that the brushes will project aslight ldistance beyond the open channels or recesses so as to performtheir functions in a proper mannl".

Having thus described my invention, what l claim and desire byV LettersPatent to secure is:

l. As a new article of manufacture, a vacuum cleaning toolconsisting ofa fieirh ble sheath -having a cavity to receive the hand of the user,having an open channel in andv extending along one side thereof, andhaving a duct communicating with Said channel, said duct having anoutlet adapted to be connected with 'a suction hose.

:2. The combination, in a vacuum cleaning tool, of a flexible sheathhaving a cavity to receive the hand of. the' user and having an openchannel inone side thereof and a duct communicating with said channeland hav ing an outletadapted to be connected with a suction hose; and abrush located in said channel.

3. The combination, in a vacuum cleaning receive the hand ofthe user andhaving an open channel in one side thereof and a duct communicating withsaid channel and having an outlet adapted to beconnected with a suctionhose; and a brush located in said channel, said brush being separatedfrom the-sides of said channel by spaces, and said sheath havingflexible lateral walls locatedV on all sides of said brush.

l. The combination, ina vacuum cleaning tool, of a sheath havinga cavityfor the hand of the user, and a brush attached to said sheath, saidsheath having a conduit provided Withv an inlet orifice located adjacentto said brush and an outlet adapted to' be connected. with a suctionhose.

" 5. As a new article of manufacture, a vacuum cleaning tool consistingof a flexible glove provided with channels between the fingers andprovided With a duct communieating With said channels and haviiig'an eoutlet adapted to be connected with a siiction hose.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a vacuum cleaning tool consistingofa flexible glove provided with a series of ducts havin@ outlets locatedon one side of said glove, sai ducts extending between the fingers andhaving inlet orifices on theother side of' the glove. l

7. As a new article of manufacture, a vacuum cleaning tool consisting ofa flexible glove provided -on one side With an open channel and providedon the other side with a lduct communicating With 'said channel andhaving an outlet adapted to be connected with a suction hose.

S. As a newA article of manufacture, a

vacuum cleaning tool consisting of a flexible 9. The combination,y in :ivacuum cleani. In testimony whereof I- have hereunto set ing'tool, of anozzle provided with an inlet my hand in presence of two subscribingwit- 10 -and an oultlet7 aid a bruslxedlly positioned messes. in said inet an separate at ay 1 times fromV 5 opposite sides .of thev inletorifice by spaces WALTER B' GUILD' which communicate Wit-h said outletand said Vitnesses:

..0z'z1e having flexible lateral Walls located LOUIS A. JONES, n allsides of said brush. SADIE V. M'CCARTHY.

